I WANT TO BE A SAILOR
From the movie "The Thief of Baghdad" (1940)
(Miklós Rózsa / Robert Denham / William Kernell)

Geoff Muldaur


I want to be a sailor,
Sailing out to sea.
No plowboy, tinker, tailor's,
Any fun to be.
Aunts and cousins,
By the baker's dozens,
Drive their men to sea,
Or highway robbery.
I want to be a bandit,
Can't you understand it?
Sailing to sea is life for me,
Is life for me.